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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask

  • 19721972
  • RR
  • 1h 28m
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6.7/10
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Woody Allen, Burt Reynolds, and Gene Wilder in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Seven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.
Play trailer2:33
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Seven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.Seven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.Seven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
40K
YOUR RATING
    • Woody Allen
    • David Reuben(from the book "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" by)
    • Woody Allen(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Gene Wilder
    • Louise Lasser
    • Woody Allen
    • David Reuben(from the book "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" by)
    • Woody Allen(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Gene Wilder
    • Louise Lasser
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 95User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    Gene Wilder in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
    Woody Allen in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
    Lou Jacobi in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
    Woody Allen in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
    Woody Allen, John Carradine, and Heather MacRae in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
    Burt Reynolds and Tony Randall in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
    Woody Allen and Robert Walden in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
    Woody Allen and Lynn Redgrave in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
    Woody Allen and Louise Lasser in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
    Woody Allen and Louise Lasser in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
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    • Doctor Ross
    Louise Lasser
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    • Gina
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    • Doctor Bernardo
    Lou Jacobi
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    • Sam
    Anthony Quayle
    Anthony Quayle
    • The King
    Tony Randall
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    • The Operator
    Lynn Redgrave
    Lynn Redgrave
    • The Queen
    Burt Reynolds
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    • Switchboard
    Jack Barry
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    • Jack Barry
    Erin Fleming
    • The Girl
    Elaine Giftos
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    • Mrs. Ross
    Toni Holt Kramer
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    • Toni Holt
    • (as Toni Holt)
    Robert Q. Lewis
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    Heather MacRae
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    • Helen Lacey
    • (as Heather Macrae)
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      • Woody Allen
      • David Reuben(from the book "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" by)
      • Woody Allen(written for the screen by)
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    • Trivia
      According to the book "Woody Allen" by John Baxter, Gene Wilder once said of the making of this movie: "It was like walking on a Bergman set: people talking in whispers, serious looks on Woody's face. He communicates through silence."
    • Goofs
      At the end of the fourth segment the transvestite man's wife exclaims: "The look on their faces when the police removed your hat!" and the man laughs in response. But it was actually the man himself who had removed his hat on being recognized by his wife.
    • Quotes

      The Fool: Before you know it, the Renaissance will be here and we'll all be painting.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening and closing credits shown over footage of rabbits.
    • Alternate versions
      After being banned in Ireland on March 20 1973, a cut version was passed in 1979 and theatrically released in 1980. This edited:
      • the scene in which a shepherd goes to see a doctor and tells him how he has fallen in love with a sheep. The line, "the greatest lay I ever had" was removed.
      • The bread intercourse scene was removed entirely.
      Modern video releases are uncut with an 18 certificate.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood vs. Religion (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Let's Misbehave
      (1927)

      Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

      RCA Records

      Played and Sung offscreen during the opening and closing credits by Irving Aaronson and His Commanders (uncredited)

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    7/10
    Uneven but sometimes brilliant series of sketches about sex.
    While all the early Woody Allen films are funny and worthwhile, this is probably the most uneven to my taste.

    Allen took the famous, serious non-fiction book about sex, and turned it into a series of short comedy pieces. A couple segments are pure genius (inside the male body during sex, Gene Wilder falling in love with a sheep), a couple are pretty good (Woody as a medieval court jester trying to have an affair with the queen, who is locked into a chastity belt, a mad scientist creates a giant milk squirting breast that goes on a rampage) and a few are real duds.

    Also, of all the Allen films, this might have the worst DVD print/transfer quality.

    It's bizarre and disturbing is that a lot of Allen's brilliant early work seems to be going out of print. Hopefully this is just a temporary state of affairs, and better re-releases are ahead. But if you're a fan you might want to grab copies of this, Bananas, Sleeper, Take the Money and Run, etc now, while you can.
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    • Release date
      • August 6, 1972 (Canada)
      • United States
      • English
      • Italian
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    • Filming locations
      • Agoura, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Brodsky-Gould Productions
      • Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
      • Rollins-Joffe Productions
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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
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